IUCN status: Extinct
Last seen: Caloprymnus campestris were last seen in 1935 in Ooroowilanie, east of Lake Eyre
Desert rat kangaroos were last confirmed 24-28 years after foxes arrived (Wallach et al. In Submission).
No studies
There are no studies evidencing a link between foxes and the
extinction of desert rat kangaroos.
Evidence linking Caloprymnus campestris to foxes. Last records of extirpated populations relative to earliest local records of foxes. Error bars show record uncertainty range. Predator arrival records were digitized from Fairfax 2019.
Fairfax, Dispersal of the introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) across Australia. Biol. Invasions 21, 1259-1268 (2019).
Wallach et al. 2023 In Submission